Celestial Beast Taming
Chapter 101 - 83: Floating Cloud Steed and Cloud-Soaring Celestial Horse
After getting out of the vehicle, the middle-aged man trotted over excitedly to check on Zheng Yufeng’s condition.
Zhong Yi noticed that the moment the middle-aged man saw Zheng Yufeng, who now looked no different from an ordinary person, his eyes grew red.
"Brother, I went out on a mission yesterday morning and couldn’t be there when you woke up."
"Now that I’ve seen you with my own eyes, I can finally rest easy!"
"Sister Yin has had a hard time because of you all these years..."
The middle-aged man didn’t recognize Zhong Yi.
When he went to the Deceitful Moon Tower yesterday, Zhong Yi had been wearing a mask made from a ground Phantom Phosphorus Crystal Dragon Crystal.
He had never interacted with the middle-aged man looking as he did now.
Before coming here, Zheng Yufeng had learned from Chen Yin that Zhong Yi had two identities.
Therefore, Zheng Yufeng did not intentionally remind Zhou Yan.
The fact that Zhong Yi had two identities was a secret in Starlight City. Zheng Yufeng was well aware that if it weren’t for being treated by Zhong Yi and coming here to serve as his guard, he himself would not have been qualified to know about it.
Currently, in all of Starlight City, the only ones qualified to know this secret, besides the Celestial Destiny Seekers and the twelve Deceit Holders who possessed Deceitful Moon Badges, were the core leaders of the various official departments.
But even though he couldn’t reveal Zhong Yi’s other identity, Zheng Yufeng had no intention of letting Zhou Yan keep talking.
Zheng Yufeng had watched Zhou Yan grow up. Despite Zhou Yan’s tough, stoic exterior, once that mouth of his opened, he wouldn’t shut up for a solid hour.
"That’s enough, Yan. I have things to do."
"We can catch up later when I get back to the Deceitful Moon Tower."
"Did you bring the thing I asked you to get for me?"
Seeing Zheng Yufeng’s serious expression, Zhou Yan could tell he clearly had important business to attend to.
Zhou Yan hastily took out a Storage Pouch from within his clothes and handed it to Zheng Yufeng.
"Brother, Sister Yin said you’d be away on a mission for a while, and you didn’t even tell us what you’re doing."
"If you can’t get back to the Deceitful Moon Tower anytime soon, we should all get together more often in the group chat."
"Brother Feng, before your accident, you were still using a four-fold communicator. They’re already up to six-fold now."
"I bought one for you. Remember to start using it."
After taking the six-fold communicator from Zhou Yan, Zheng Yufeng watched him go, seeing him turn back to look every few steps.
Once Zhou Yan was gone, Zheng Yufeng let out a huge sigh of relief.
’If I’d really let Zhou Yan keep talking, who knows what embarrassing story he might have blurted out, giving Zhong Yi a reason to laugh at me.’
Hefting the Storage Pouch in his hand, Zheng Yufeng walked into the room and opened it.
Out came two small, milky-white foals that only came up to Zhong Yi’s waist.
After being released, the two foals energetically began to trot around the shop.
Zhong Yi recognized at a glance that these two small foals were recently born Floating Cloud Steeds.
"Lord Su Sheng, you’ll definitely need your own Guardian Beast Vehicle to get around the city from now on."
"These two Floating Cloud Steeds both possess excellent Bloodlines. With Zhao Kai’s help, it will be easy to raise them into Cloud-Scaled Dragon Horses."
"I hope you will accept these two Floating Cloud Steeds."
Last night, he had heard from Zhao Kai that the Blood Enchanting Bee Queen was difficult to cultivate and that collecting its Insect Honey was extremely hard.
This had made Zheng Yufeng feel rather awkward and uncomfortable.
Although Zhong Yi had said he was very satisfied with the Blood Enchanting Bee Queen, Zheng Yufeng was still afraid Zhong Yi might misunderstand him.
For one, Zheng Yufeng wanted to thank Zhong Yi for saving his life. For another, he also wanted to build a good relationship with him.
Living in this world, whether one was out on a mission or exploring a Secret Realm, who could guarantee they would never get injured?
Having a good relationship with Zhong Yi provided a safety net, even if one suffered severe damage to their Origin.
Zhong Yi was a newly emerged Celestial Destiny Seeker—a surefire rising star!
In the field of healing, Zhong Yi already held a position that no other Celestial Destiny Seeker could replace.
Once Zhong Yi matured, his future prospects and development would be simply limitless.
This was what prompted Zheng Yufeng to specifically call Zhou Yan and instruct him to select and bring over the two best Floating Cloud Steeds.
If these two Floating Cloud Steeds were put up for auction, even if they were bartered for goods instead of sold for Federation Coins, they could fetch at least ten Fifth Level Potions!
Zhong Yi hadn’t expected this. He had just been thinking about raising a Cloud-Soaring Celestial Horse, and now someone had delivered Floating Cloud Steeds right to his door.
Floating Cloud Steeds were a type of Guardian Beast that easily formed bonds with humans. As long as one raised a Floating Cloud Steed for an extended period, it would obey its keeper’s commands with one-hundred-percent loyalty, even without a Contract.
After spending a long time with humans, the emotional bond an equine Guardian Beast could form might be even deeper than the bonds between people.
The same was true even after a Floating Cloud Steed underwent Evolution to become a Cloud-Scaled Dragon Horse.
A Cloud-Scaled Dragon Horse would also recognize a master. Once it had, unless it was forced into a Contract by another Guardian Beast Master, the Cloud-Scaled Dragon Steed would lie in its trough, refusing to eat or drink, should its chosen master die.
Most would eventually recover after a very long time, but a few would choose to die alongside their master.
After carefully inspecting the condition of the two Floating Cloud Steeds and feeding them a few strands of Curled Leaf Vine, Zhong Yi took the Storage Pouch from Zheng Yufeng and recalled the two foals into it.
Zhong Yi didn’t stand on ceremony with Zheng Yufeng, as he understood exactly why Zheng Yufeng had given him these two Floating Cloud Steeds.
’In the future, when Zheng Yufeng or the other Bizarre under Chen Yin’s command are injured, all I have to do is agree to treat them.’
With Zheng Yufeng at the reins, Zhong Yi rode in the Guardian Beast Vehicle pulled by the Cloud-Scaled Dragon Horse. A journey that would take other Guardian Beast Vehicles over two hours took them less than forty minutes, delivering Zhong Yi to the entrance of the Celestial Destiny Society.
While sitting in the Guardian Beast Vehicle, Zhong Yi put the mask made from the ground Phantom Phosphorus Crystal Dragon Crystal onto his face.
When using Celestial Destiny Points at the Celestial Destiny Society, it was undoubtedly more appropriate for Zhong Yi to use his identity as a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker.
On this trip to the Celestial Destiny Society, aside from using the one thousand Potential Points Lin Zhuo had given him to exchange for four Dragon Crystals from a Fairy Flashing Phosphorus Flood Dragon, Zhong Yi also wanted to gauge the purchasing power of Celestial Destiny Points and, while he was at it, trade for some other items useful for his current development.
After Zheng Yufeng parked the Guardian Beast, he opened the carriage door for Zhong Yi.
"Lord Su Sheng, we’ve arrived at the Celestial Destiny Society."
"It would be best for you to go in alone. I will wait for you here."
Even though he was Zhong Yi’s guard, after careful consideration, Zheng Yufeng still chose not to enter the Celestial Destiny Society with him.
At the end of the day, he was a Bizarre. It was somewhat inappropriate for him to enter the Celestial Destiny Society with Zhong Yi.
In this world, more than half of all ordinary Guardian Beast Masters held a poor opinion of the Bizarre.
Even though Bizarre controlled by Deceit Holders would not prey on a Guardian Beast Master’s Lifebound Guardian Beast, incidents of Bizarre hunting down Guardian Beast Masters and devouring their Lifebound Guardian Beasts still frequently occurred in the Lower City District.
Therefore, the fear of the Bizarre had not been alleviated by the appearance of the Deceit Holders. On the contrary, it was still spreading.
Zheng Yufeng himself didn’t care about the judgmental looks of others, but he didn’t want his presence to negatively affect Zhong Yi.
Besides, the old Steward inside the Starlight City branch of the Celestial Destiny Society detested the Bizarre!
It was said that when the entire Xin Xia Federation was implementing the system of Moon Eyes Bellflowers and the Deceit Holder profession, this was the very same old Steward who had been staunchly opposing it!
Zhong Yi didn’t know what Zheng Yufeng was thinking, and even if he had, he wouldn’t have cared.
Zhong Yi had never been one to care about the opinions of others. Otherwise, he never would have come up with the idea of forming a Contract with a Moon Eyes Bellflower to control Bizarre and build his own faction.
In a world like this where might makes right, being strong enough was the only thing that truly mattered!
As soon as he entered the Celestial Destiny Society, a well-dressed elderly man immediately approached him.
The man first bowed to Zhong Yi, then said in a soft, respectful voice,
"I presume you are Lord Su Sheng."
"I am the Steward of the Starlight City branch of the Celestial Destiny Society. My name is Ye Futu, and I am here to serve all of our esteemed Celestial Destiny Seekers."
"Lord Su Sheng, this is your first time visiting the Celestial Destiny Society."
"Please, follow me inside and enjoy the services our Celestial Destiny Society has to offer."